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Rhinoceros beetle drinking sugar water - Dynastes tityus - male
Copyright © 2008 Steve Davis

Rhinoceros beetle drinking sugar water - Dynastes tityus - Male
Blairsville, Posey County, Indiana, USA
July 10, 2008
The personality of these beetles is even more remarkable than their appearance. I couldn't kill this one. Collected on white sheet by portable mercury vapor lamp at 1am local time. He drank the sugar water about 4 minutes.

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Rhinoceros beetle drinking sugar water - Dynastes tityus - male Rhinoceros beetle - Dynastes tityus - male Rhinoceros beetle - Dynastes tityus - male
Contributed by Steve Davis on 14 July, 2008 - 10:03pm
Last updated 19 August, 2008 - 2:25pm

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